From Broadway beginnings as a tween to a lasting legacy, Glynn Turman’s six decade journey as an actor leads to the Hollywood ...

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring actor Glynn Turman for a movie career that has ...

The 1975 film `Cooley High' ushered in a new era of black cinema — one that turned away from the blaxploitation films of 60s and 70s. Academy holds a tribute. News ...

After having an over six-decade-long career, Glynn Turman was finally honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"Cooley High" cost just $750,000 to make, but it earned back $13 million. Its success drew the attention of ABC, which tried to convert it into a sitcom.

Cooley High has been praised by many of the greats in Black cinema, including John Singleton, Spike Lee, and Robert Townsend, who played a small role in the film. “This film is so influential ...

That experience was the filming of ”Cooley High,” the warm and humorous coming-of-age story about black teenagers living in the housing projects of Chicago in the early 1960s.

Amid the blaxploitation craze, Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen on the big screen. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project.

Originally starring Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Cooley High is a complex tale of high school seniors trying to get out of the South Side of 1960s Chicago. Even with a budget of only ...

A classic of black cinema celebrated its 40th birthday on June 25. Cooley High showed a slice of urban life rarely seen in "blaxploitation" movies of the time.Set in Chicago's Cabrini-Green ...

At 83, the filmmaker behind “Cooley High” and “Car Wash” may be the longest-working Black director in history. His own story is a Hollywood epic.